Emergency bow tie

There's a whole industry devoted to emergency special occasion accessories, like double-sided tape to deal with low-cut cocktail dresses, and roll-up ballet flats to slip your feet into when stiletto stamina wanes. Options for those of us more inclined to dress dapper are less common, though, so we were happy to discover this Emergency Bow Tie tin ($12) at the Drake General Store (1144 Queen West, 416-531-5042, ext 101, and others, drakegeneralstore.ca). Keep it at hand for surprise formal invites. (Hey, it could happen!)